Broken Records (Sparrow Hill Stories Book 1) by Belle Chapin & Bree Bennett

Author:Belle Chapin & Bree Bennett [Chapin, Belle & Bennett, Bree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Danvers Writing and Publishing LLC
Published: 2023-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Jack sauntered through the door of Kim’s favorite restaurant, ready to eat his weight in scrambled eggs and toast. He had barely eaten dinner the previous night, spending the time in his studio writing like a frantic college student with an overdue thesis paper. The result was a quarter of a composition notebook filled with ideas—some good, some bad, but at least they existed.

Kim sat at a secluded table in the back, sipping her standard black coffee, no cream, no sugar. Her braids were in a perfectly coiffed bun, her suit without a single wrinkle, and even if there had been, it would have smoothed itself at her stern look. She was usually an unflappable model of organization, but her eyes widened when Jack sank down into his chair.

“What’s wrong with you?” she asked.

Jack patted himself down from head to ass, stopping only to swipe at his jaw to check for leftover shaving cream. All his clothes were in the right places, and his fly was closed.

“Nothing?”

“You’re smiling. It’s creepy.” She reached across the table and pinched his chin, yanking his head back and forth as if he were a champion horse she wanted to buy.

“Knock it off. I’m fine.”

“Hmmm.” She leaned back in her chair. “I printed out the resumes for your new backing musicians. I assume you read the files when I sent them over last week?”

Jack peered around the restaurant for a distraction. “Oh, look! Isn’t that Kristen Bell over there?”

“Nice try, Jack. Too bad you weren’t at the auditions. You’d already be acquainted.”

The day they held auditions earlier in the fall, searching for musicians that would work in both a studio and tour setting, Jack had spent the afternoon on his couch sampling a bottle of whiskey and two nameless blondes. Pre-Lucy, of course.

Kim fanned the resumes across the table. “Lainey Mills is your new lead guitarist. She’s already played some prolific tours, and before that, she was a concert tech for two years.” Jack read over her background but stopped when the waiter appeared.

“Mike,” Jack said, checking his name tag. “I’m going to need a mountain of scrambled eggs. Not a spoonful, not a dollop, but a mountain. Is that something you can do for me?”

The waiter flashed a conspiratorial grin and dashed off to the kitchen. Kim stared at him, and her features fell with sheer disappointment.

“Jack…” She covered his hand with hers, patting it gently. “Are you doing coke again?”

He sputtered and dribbled hot coffee onto Lainey’s resume. “What? No! Jesus. I’m fine, I swear.” He mopped up the coffee drips with a cloth napkin and went on to the next resume.

“That’s Maya Rodriguez,” Kim said. “She really impressed me. She’s young and doesn’t have tons of experience, but she’ll make a good utility player. Guitar, keyboards, bass, you name it, she knows it. Even trombone, which I’d like to see because she barely clears five feet. And this last one is Hasan Desai. Percussion. Mostly a session musician, but he has a tour or two under his belt.

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